Continous learning

At the end of each day I thank the Alimighty for the good things and pray to see another beutiful day. As I do that one question that haunts me is "What have I achieved today?". Well I am here because I need to achieve something for myself, my family, my city, my state, my country, this world......and this goes on...I laugh at these thoughts, brushing it like a fly on my nose....

But then I thought about it; shouldnt I be doing things that I like, rather than go through another drag day doing the mudane tasks and following the normal routine......

As I kid, I always wanted to lean the violin but then my parents couldnt afford to buy one; instead I learnt the harmonium. It is an instrument that looks like a keyboard but the player plays the keys with the right hand. The left hand is used to operate the bellows. Not that I didnt like playing it but I always wanted to learn a stringed instrument. This helped me learn the basics of music and I developed an ear for music.

Today(literally) I feel a sense of achievement when I was able to play the basic 7 notes on the little 1/8 violin which my daughter learns on. She is my teacher and taught me how to hold the bow with a "bunny rabbit" hold. People who teach the violin will know this. I also learnt today that there is no age to begin learning and no reason why your teacher cant be much younger than you.

With this feeling of contentment, I close for today. Will come back again with other such "small" achievements.